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Produced and written by youth for youth, Your Social Life features interviews with diverse young people at several points along the cyber-bullying spectrum: cyberbullies, targets, allies, accessories and passive onlookers.

A 17-year old Latina tries to make a video, How to Start a Gay-Straight Alliance in Your High School, and is harassed by the principal. This video paints a sobering picture of school and family life for LGBTQ youth.

The Empowered Fe Fes (slang for female), a group of young women with disabilities, hit the streets of Chicago on a quest to discover the difference between how they see themselves and how others see them.

This video uses a sex-positive and LGBTQ-inclusive educational approach as a practical alternative to abstinence-only education. HIV+ youth encourage their peers to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS through safer sex practices. Comes with an Educators' Workshoop and Youth Activism Guide.

The Young Women's Action Team asks young and adult men what a male ally looks like and how we can together build the movement to stop violence against women. This video speaks to youth who want to confront gender-based violence in their communities.

Sisters Empowering Sisters examines the portrayal of women in music videos and advertising. It asks: What do these portrayals mean for young women? How do they affect our lives, our decisions and our relationships? What can we do to change them?

Created with Prostitution Alternatives Roundtable, this video tells the stories of people involved in the sex trade and their efforts to raise public awareness of systemic injustice and widespread violence. Told on the streets of Chicago where the women once worked.

Women & Prison Poster

Hand screenprinted, limited edition.

Writers’ Block: Stories from the Inside

Stories from the Inside, a 36-page zine, is a compilation of deeply personal narratives, visceral creative writing and provocative scholarly essays taken from Beyondmedia's Women and Prison website. Printed in full color.